Posts Tagged ‘Little Brown’

Geektastic: Stories from the Nerd Herd, edited by Holly Black and Cecil Castellucci

June 25, 2009

GeektasticSummary:  Short stories from some of the best selling and most promising geeks in young adult literature: M.T. Anderson, Libba Bray, Cassandra Clare, Tracy Lynn, Cynthia and Greg Leitich Smith, David Levithan, Kelly Link, Barry Lyga, Wendy Mass, Garth Nix, Scott Westerfield, Lisa Yee, and Sara Zarr.  With illustrated interstitials from comic book artists Hope Larson and Bryan Lee O’Malley, Geektastic covers all things geeky, from Klingons and Jedi Knights to fan fiction, theater geeks, and cosplayers.

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Ash, by Malinda Lo

June 18, 2009

ashSummary:  In this variation on the Cinderella story, Ash grows up believing in the fairy realm that the king and his philosophers have sought to suppress, until one day she must choose between a handsome fairy cursed to love her and the King’s Huntress whom she loves.

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Fade to Blue, by Sean Beaudoin

June 10, 2009

fade to blueSummary:  Eighteen-year-old Goth Sophie Blue, sensing that something is awry in her small town, begins to piece together the connections between her missing father, a scientific researcher at a local laboratory, and her high school’s football star, Kenny.

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North of Beautiful by Justina Chen Headley

May 18, 2009

north of beautifulSummary: Terra, a sensitive, artistic high school senior born with a facial port-wine stain, struggles with issues of inner and outer beauty with the help of her Goth classmate Jacob.

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Sweethearts: A Novel by Sara Zarr

August 16, 2008

Summary: After losing her soul mate, Cameron, when they were nine, Jennifer, now seventeen, transformed herself from the unpopular fat girl into the beautiful and popular Jenna, but Cameron’s unexpected return dredges up memories that cause both social and emotional turmoil.  217 p., Little, Brown and Co.

Find it at WCPL

Breaking Dawn by Stephanie Meyer

August 15, 2008

Summary: In the fourth and final book in the #1 bestselling teen vampire Twilight Saga, questions will be answered and the fate of Bella and Edward will be revealed. 756 p., Little, Brown, and Co.

Find it at WCPL

Our 2008 Mock Printz Awards

April 24, 2008

Before we start discussing books published in 2008 for our 2009 Mock Printz Awards, we wanted to talk about our favorites from last year one more time. And here they are. (If you’re wondering why we’re reading 2008 books for a 2009 award, it’s because the ALA’s Printz Award is announced the January following the year the books considered are written. The award is named after the year it is announced, not the year the book is written. Tricky, huh.)

Our Mock Printz Winner

Unwind by Neal Shusterman. 335 p., Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers. Find it at WCPL

Our Mock Printz Honor Books

Right Behind You by Gail Giles. 292 p., Little, Brown. Find it at WCPL
Thirteen Reasons Why: A Novel by Jay Asher. 288 p., Razorbill. Find it at WCPL
Zane’s Trace by Allan Wolf. 177 p., Candlewick Press. Find it at WCPL


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